Mshinata: No, I did not forget to update. Haha…now why would I do that? –Smiles-
Sasuke: -sweat drops- Because we can all see the evil aura that surrounds you.
Mshinata: Really?
Sasuke: Yeah really.
Mshinata: I think Sasuke's gone blind.
Sasuke: Speaking of blind…-
Mshinata: ITACHI-SAMA! T-T
Sasuke: Omg…-slaps himself-
Mshinata: I'm a bit better now…okay…so I fixed the errors that I made on the first chapter. The reason why I made them in the first place is because I was also working on my other fan fic…so…it just got in the way I guess.
Sasuke: I think there's something wrong with your head.
Mshinata: Are you calling me a dumb ass!
Sasuke: Yes.
Mshinata: -slaps Sasuke- I'm going to make Itachi-sama a good guy…because…I have sympathy for him.
Sasuke: …why?
Mshinata: Out of all people…YOU should know. –Sweat drops- This is for Gaara'slittlegirl. –Punches Sasuke very hard- I do not own Naruto or any characters specified in this fan fic.
Sasuke: -is unconscious-
"Protect her, alright?" The young woman smiled as she bent down and kissed the little boy on his forehead.
"I know that already." The boy replied with a worried expression. "…is there something wrong?" The woman was a bit surprised but continued to smile. The boy had seen through her mask.
"Iie." The woman lied. The boy still had the worried expression on his face. "Neji-kun…protect her…with your life."
"H-hai…" The boy called Neji replied. His long brown hair resembled his father while his pearly-white eyes resembled every family member of his.
Hinata jolted up from her bed and hyperventilated. Beads of sweat rolled down her face and she sighed. Hinata squeaked when she saw her master sitting on the edge of her bed.
"S-Sasuke-sama…w-why…" She blushed furiously.
"I heard…someone talking." Sasuke bluntly answered.
"I s-see…" Hinata replied.
"You woke up late, so Mother already helped prepare breakfast." Sasuke said, standing up.
"Gomenasai!" Hinata said. "I should really buy an alarm clock…" Sasuke sighed.
"It's alright…I guess…but you're my maid…so wake up early next time." Sasuke said. By the way he was talking; Hinata knew he wasn't a morning person. He walked out of her room. "Get ready for school already. I don't think you're walking to school alone." He said.
Hinata hurriedly rushed out of bed and started changing into her uniform. She brushed her tangled hair by her hand and ran out of her room.
"Ohayo Hinata-chan," Mikoto warmly greeted.
"Ohayo." Hinata rushed into the kitchen. Mikoto laughed.
"No need to rush. Sasuke just likes getting to school early. He's already at the front porch." Mikoto said. "But…slow down. He needs to be patient anyways." Mikoto said as she put a plate of pancakes at the kitchen table. "Everyone has already eaten so here." Hinata reluctantly sat down at the kitchen table and started to eat her pancakes. She ate quickly but did so in a lady-like manner.
"Arigato gozaimasu, Mikoto-sama! I'll work extra hard today!" Hinata rushed out of her seat and ran out of the door. Mikoto sweat dropped.
"It's not like she doesn't…" Mikoto said. "But she's so cute." Mikoto smiled.
"Gomenasai," Hinata ran out and found Sasuke leaning on the Uchiha front gates.
"About time." He said. She ran after him and they walked to school.
It was a quiet walk…nothing more.
"You must have loved your mother very much to be saying her name in your sleep." Sasuke suddenly said. Hinata flinched and paled.
"N-nani?" Hinata sweat dropped.
"You were sleep talking. That's the reason why I came into your room." Sasuke said, stuffing his hands into his pockets. Hinata blushed from embarrassment.
"E-eh…" Hinata replied. "H-hai…"
"Well…I'm not going to butt into your life like a nosy person does so…" Sasuke threw his bag over his shoulder. He quickened his pace.
This was…awkward. Just the other day Sasuke was a person who always was in a bad mood. So…why was he so…normal, today? Hinata blinked. She caught up with Sasuke and smiled.
"You love your mother, ne?" Hinata asked.
"She's nosy…but yes." Sasuke replied with his eyes closed.
"I don't blame you…she acts so much like my mother…" Hinata trailed off.
The rest of the trip to school was quiet. Hinata had found out some new things that morning. Sasuke loved his mother (surprisingly, due to his bad attitude), he was not a morning person, and that he didn't like butting into people's lives.
Ino greeted Hinata at the front entrance at school. She smiled with her charming smile and with her dazzling blue eyes.
"Did you get a good night's sleep?" Ino asked, tilting her head.
"More or less." Hinata nervously laughed.
"Aww…did you have a nightmare?" Ino said with sparkly eyes.
"It was…a memory." Hinata said thoughtfully. Ino beamed.
"A good memory?" Ino asked.
"I'm not sure…" Hinata said, putting a finger to her chin.
"Hinata-chan, you're so hard to figure out." Ino sighed with a pout. Hinata laughed. "But that's what's unique about you. You're different and unpredictable." Ino judged and nodded.
Unpredictable. That is what Hinata's life had been…
oO0Oo
Classes were as boring as ever. But being the obedient girl, Hinata took notes and studied hard.
The popular girls were gossiping about Ino and Hinata as usual when they walked by. Hinata learned to ignore it. Ino seemed to even ignore their existence even if one of them made a cutting remark about her being ugly or something.
"Ne Hinata-chan…" Ino started as they headed towards their lockers.
"Hai, Ino-chan?" Hinata replied.
"You know about…what I said about Sakura?" Ino said uneasily as they opened their lockers.
"Y-yes…" Hinata said. Ino said it as if something bad happened to Sakura…which…Ino would probably cheer through the whole school about it.
"Be careful…" Ino said cautiously.
"I think I know that." Hinata chuckled.
"No. You don't understand." Ino closed her locker. Hinata blinked. "It's not a joke. Sakura can be…really violent. Yes…she's nice…but…you haven't seen the other side of her."
"…the other side?" Hinata was afraid to ask but did anyways. Ino leaned closer to Hinata.
"You're Sasuke-kun's maid now, ne? Well…if she finds out…let's just say…it's all over." Ino whispered. Hinata shivered. "But don't worry!" Ino returned to her happy self again. "I'll protect you!" Ino pounded her fist on her chest. Hinata nervously smiled. "So…are you free, today?" Ino asked as they got ready to leave school. Hinata shrugged.
"The usual…I have to work extra hard today because I overslept this morning." Hinata said.
"Demo…I saw you walking with Sasuke-kun this morning." Ino sang. "That probably made your day." Hinata blushed.
"N-no! He…offered to walk me…besides…I have to stay by his side because I'm his maid!" Hinata reasoned.
"Right…" Ino said slyly. "Hey…want to go to a party this weekend?" Ino asked suddenly.
"What brought this up?" Hinata asked. Ino shrugged.
"Maybe everyone wants to meet the new hot girl in town?" Ino winked. They exited the school building. Ino volunteered to walk Hinata home everyday…because…well…Hinata was still honestly scared of Sasuke. Hinata blushed.
"I-Ino-chan!" Hinata said. Ino laughed.
"I'm taking that as a yes." Ino said, taking her cell phone out of her school bag and started texting.
"Who are you-" Hinata was interrupted.
"Naruto. It's his birthday you know. He said he wanted to meet you." Ino smiled. Hinata blushed.
A guy…who wanted to meet her! That was a first…for her. She was everything BUT beautiful (in her mind). She had dark long indigo hair with bangs that framed her cute face. She didn't mind it but taking care of long hair always did seem to bother her. Her white-pearled eyes were more sensitive than the usual person's eyes.
"You'll be fine with me...and Sasuke…there." Ino muttered Sasuke's name and kept smiling.
"Wait…did you say Sasuke-sama was going?" Hinata asked nervously.
"Iie!" Ino waved her hands in front of her. Hinata glared at her. Ino sighed. "Yes…"
"T-that's alright." Hinata said. Ino was surprised.
"Eh! But just the other day you said you were frightened of him." Ino raised a brow. Hinata slowly nodded.
"H-hai…but…I'm starting to see the good side of him." Hinata blushed from embarrassment. Ino started to laugh.
"Good side?" Ino laughed even more. "Gomen, gomen…" Ino calmed down. "That's good I guess." Ino giggled. "Anyways, Sakura is also going to be there, so…stay alert." Ino said, waving a finger in the air. Hinata nodded.
"Should we get something for Naruto?" Hinata asked.
"Hell no! He's already rich. Screw that." Ino crossed her arms. Hinata sweat dropped.
"Aren't all the students that go to this school rich?" Hinata asked. Ino sweat dropped.
"Y-yeah." Ino averted her gaze. "But don't bother. He's already spoiled by his uncle."
"A-alright…" Hinata replied.
The two finally arrived at the gates and saw someone standing there waiting for them. It was a man with black hair and dark black eyes. He had a tinge of red in them but they were mostly black. He had his arms crossed and leaned on the gates. His hair was long and tied in a low ponytail.
"Hinata-chan…who is that?" Ino whispered cautiously.
"Hello Itachi-sama," Hinata smiled.
"Hello ladies." The man named Itachi replied. Ino took a step back.
"It's alright, Ino-chan. This is Sasuke-sama's older brother." Hinata whispered.
"Hi! I didn't know Sasuke-kun had an older brother. No wonder you look like him. It's nice to meet you!" Ino said cheerfully and shook his hand.
"Why are you waiting outside, Itachi-sama? Aren't you supposed to be at school doing extra studies?" Hinata asked. Itachi sighed.
"I am but skipping once or twice is alright." Itachi said. "I'm waiting for Sasuke." Hinata raised a brow. "I know…that's a first. But, there's something that I have to discuss with him."
"Oh…well…I'll start with dinner, then." Hinata smiled. Itachi nodded and moved out of the way for the two girls to get inside of the estate.
"There's an evil aura surrounding him…I just know it." Ino secretly took a glance at Itachi. Hinata laughed nervously.
"What makes you think that?" Hinata said, heading towards the kitchen.
"I don't know…" Ino said, not even daring to take another glance.
oO0Oo
Sasuke sighed. Another day…another pack of fan girls. He couldn't live like this any longer. Why did his mother make him have a maid instead of a bodyguard or something? That would have been better. Of course…it wasn't like Sasuke regretted having a maid. She cooked and cleaned for him, so…it wasn't too bad.
He walked towards the gates and saw Itachi…standing there.
"Nani?" Sasuke said, walking towards him.
"I have some matters I must discuss with you." Itachi said.
"So spit it out." Sasuke snapped.
"First of all…do you know why Mother has given you a maid?" Itachi crossed his arms.
"…more or less." Sasuke said.
"Then explain."
"It's to…make me a true heir of the Uchiha Company." Sasuke replied darkly. Itachi clapped.
"Ha, my brother's so smart." Itachi smiled. Sasuke had an angry mark on his forehead. "But…Father reluctantly agreed for you to have a maid. Do you know why?"
"Because he thinks I'll rape her or something?" Sasuke guessed.
"No…" Itachi twitched. "He thinks you'll fall in love." Sasuke scoffed.
"I would never fall in love with that girl." Sasuke said. "She's my servant. I've been treating her like one, too." Itachi fell silent.
"Demo…if you were to ever become close to her…do you know the punishments?" Itachi asked. Sasuke stayed silent. "You will be disowned." Sasuke stayed unfazed but was shocked on the inside.
"I do not have a relationship with the girl. I barely talk to her…and barely know her." Sasuke said.
"True…but…" Itachi said.
"Why do you care?" Sasuke suddenly asked.
"Don't know…maybe because you're my darling brother." Itachi said. Sasuke sweat dropped.
"Don't lie. Whatever." Sasuke walked past him and went inside the estate, slamming the door shut. Itachi sighed.
"Welcome home, Sasuke-sama." Hinata turned around with a smile.
"Hn." Sasuke said. "Oh…almost forgot. Bring some of those rice balls upstairs…I get hungry easily." Sasuke said tiredly.
"Hai." Hinata smiled. Sasuke made his way to his room. "Why is Sasuke-sama always so tired after school?" Ino laughed.
"Being chased around by girls all day is not a blessing, Hinata-chan." Ino said, cooking the rice.
After making a few rice balls, Hinata went upstairs to give them to her master. He must have been studying again.
"Sasuke-teme! C'mon…bring her to the party!" A whining voice said.
"You do it." Sasuke snapped. The whining voice sounded like it was coming from a phone. He must have put it on speaker.
"Eh! But…a lot of people keep seeing you two talk! You got to have some connection with her!" The voice whined even more.
"Shut up, Naruto." Sasuke said, irritated.
The guy who was named Naruto wanted to see Hinata, eh? Well…he sounded so childish. If Hinata didn't know he was in high school, she would have thought he was in elementary school or something.
"Anyways, just tell her that she's invited, okay? Okay! Bye!" And the boy hung up.
"Annoying little brat…" Sasuke muttered. Hinata decided to be brave and knocked on the door.
"U-um…this is Hinata." Hinata said. She came in and placed the plate of rice balls on his desk.
"Hey." Sasuke started.
"Y-yes…?" Hinata said.
"You know about Naruto-baka's party?" Sasuke asked. Hinata nodded.
"Ino-chan told me about it." Sasuke sighed.
"Of course." He said. "Want to go?" Hinata blinked.
"I…have work to do." Hinata reasoned. Sasuke sighed.
"Take a break." He reasoned back. Hinata sweat dropped. "I'll even ask my mother."
"Iie!" Hinata waved her hands in front of her. She knew that Mikoto would say yes, because…she always seemed to say yes to anything Hinata wanted or did not want to do.
"I'm taking that as a yes." Sasuke said, turning back to his studies. Hinata opened her mouth but closed it again. She could not fight with her master. She knew she would lose. Hinata had no choice but to go.
oO0Oo
Hinata looked out of the window in her room. It was raining…not to mention the day of Naruto's birthday party. Rainy days always made Hinata…gloomy. Weather always affected her no matter what.
Someone knocked on her door and asked for entrance.
"You can come in." Hinata said tiredly.
"Hinata-chan," Mikoto entered her room. "…you're up again." She said, putting a hand on her shoulder. She was sitting at her desk, just looking out the window.
"I can't sleep when it's raining, Mikoto-sama…it's just…weird." Hinata plainly answered her expression emotionless. Mikoto sighed.
"It's two the morning…I knew you'd be up." Mikoto said, patting her head gently. "Please…get some sleep. You have a party, today." Mikoto teased. Hinata didn't answer. "Don't worry…don't think about the past…it'll just hurt you." Hinata's head fell down to look at her desk.
"I k-know…d-demo…I…can't." Hinata weakly answered.
"Oh…c'mon! You're Uchiha Hinata. Uchihas are strong." Mikoto said confidently. It was not helping Hinata though. "You're always thinking this way…when it's raining. It…makes me a bit sad."
"Gomenasai…" Hinata clenched her fists under the desk.
"Just smile…and I'll be happy." Mikoto bent down and kissed Hinata on the cheek. "Get some rest." She stood up straight and left Hinata's room.
Mikoto walked into the hallway and found Sasuke in the living room…staring out the window at the rain. She sighed. Not him too…
"Mother…" Sasuke started, not even looking at her.
"Yes?" His mother approached him.
"…how long will it be until I have some of the succession of the company?" Sasuke asked suddenly. Mikoto was surprised by this.
"Why do you ask?" Mikoto asked curiously.
"…personal reasons." Sasuke said. Mikoto sighed. He must be going through that teenage stage…
Mikoto kissed her son on the cheek.
"Don't worry. It'll be long until that." Mikoto smiled. Sasuke looked at his mother with a small smile. "That's good! At least I got one person to smile." Mikoto headed back to her husband's and her room while Sasuke stood there…confused.
Hinata woke up early that morning having only a few hours of sleep that night. She yawned when Sasuke entered the kitchen.
"Do your job." Sasuke said coldly.
"H-hai…" Hinata snapped out of her tiredness and went back to making breakfast. Sasuke sighed. He barely had any sleep that night. Fucking rain…He thought to himself as he ran a hand through his hair. Sasuke sat down at the kitchen table as Hinata put a plate of eggs and a piece of toast in front of him.
"Hey." Sasuke said, crossing his arms.
"H-hai?" Hinata turned around to face her master.
"Go shopping with me, today." Sasuke said with his eyes closed.
"I…c-can't." Hinata said. "I have work to do." She reasoned. Sasuke sighed.
"Is that your excuse for everything?" He opened his eyes and raised a brow. She sweat dropped.
"Gomenasai…" Hinata said. He sighed once more.
"You're irritating me. Besides, I'm not asking you to come shopping. I'm forcing you." Sasuke said bluntly. Hinata hated being pushed around like this…but…that was Sasuke's character. She had to deal with her master. "But…since I'm nice…" Hinata's inner self scoffed. "I'll bring Yamanaka, too." Hinata brightened up a bit. "She is your friend, ne?" He asked her.
"H-hai." Hinata replied. Sasuke nodded.
"After lunch, we'll go." Sasuke said. "Naruto-baka's party doesn't start until evening." He stood up and stuffed his hands into his pockets. He started to leave. Hinata was about to ask him where he was going but…he didn't butt into her life so…why should she? But still…she was worried about her master and did anyways.
"Where are you going, Sasuke-sama?" She asked, tilting her head to the side a bit.
"…work." Sasuke replied and slammed the door shut.
Work…? I don't ever recall Sasuke-sama "working"…Hinata thought to her.
oO0Oo
When Sasuke came home, he looked tired and irritated. Hinata was best not to welcome him home or talk to him, so…she just took a short glance and went back to cleaning the house.
It was lunch time, and Hinata thought maybe he needed to eat some rice balls to relieve stress. She rolled up her sleeves and started making rice balls. Mikoto also told her that he liked tomatoes. Maybe making him tomato soup wasn't such a bad idea…she turned on the stove.
Mikoto had to go do the grocery shopping since she said she hadn't done it in a long time. Fugaku, as always, went to work even if it was the weekend. Itachi went with his father and after that had to attend classes.
She and Sasuke were the only ones left in the house. All of the other maids were busy out in the Uchiha gardens, tending to the flowers and plants.
Sasuke unconsciously came into the kitchen, smelling something…delicious. Delicious was a word that the Uchiha barely used because of his attitude but he had to admit. It did smell nice.
"Soup?" Sasuke asked, sitting down at the table. Hinata turned around and nodded. Sasuke raised a brow. "How did you know?" Hinata laughed nervously.
"Mikoto-sama." She shrugged and placed the plate of rice balls and thebowl of tomato soup on the table. Sasuke sighed.
"Of course." He said and started to eat his rice balls.
Rice balls were not that good if you kept eating them, but still…that seemed like the only dish that Uchiha Sasuke would actually eat the whole thing. Hinata stared at him eating.
"Do you mind?" Sasuke asked, continuing to eat. Hinata snapped out of her thoughts.
"G-gomen!" Hinata bowed.
"Get ready for us to go shopping. I already called Yamanaka so…she should be here any minute now." Sasuke said and continued to eat. Hinata nodded. "I told you…stop bowing."
"H-hai…" Hinata said and headed towards her room.
For Sasuke to be this…picky was unlike him. He usually ignored the fact that she was observing him. Maybe something bad happened to him this morning? But…it was only common courtesy to not butt into his life if he didn't butt into hers, so she decided it was best to stay quiet.
To be continued…
Mshinata: Forgive me. I've gotten lazy to…making longer chapters. But like they say, "shorter chapters, faster updates." :D So I think I'll be doing that. If I really get into the fan fic, I might make a specific chapter longer. Yeah…I know I made Sakura nice. Why you ask? Because…I don't know. Lol. That's all I can say. I'm weird.
Sasuke: I think everyone knows that.
Mshinata: I'm proud, dammit. Anyways…reviews would be lovely. –Smiles-
Sasuke: She's not going to update…
Mshinata: -pouts angrily- Yes I am!
Sasuke: You're too busy reading Vampire Knight.
Mshinata: For your information, I'm waiting for the next chapter. So…I'm reading Meru Puri.
Sasuke: Wtf?
Mshinata: I don't get it either. xD I just started reading it. –Is still getting used to the atmosphere-
Sasuke: She also watches The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
Mshinata: I'm done with that! No new Animes…sadly. –pouts- BUT, Code Geass the second season is coming out on April 6. OMG, and then Special A is aired on April 7:D YAY! DOUBLE THE ANIME!
Sasuke: Kill me…while you review.
